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Majors (Students); Social Sciences; Religious Factors; Humanities; College Students; Higher Education; Surveys; Education Majors; Business Administration Education

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Early life experiences are likely to be important for the formation of preferences. Religiosity is a key dimension of preferences, affecting many economic outcomes. This paper examines the effect of college major on religiosity, and the converse effect of religiosity on college major, using panel data from the Monitoring the Future survey as a way of gauging the extent to which various streams of thought, as taught in college, affect religiosity. Two key questions, based on the differences in college experience across majors, are whether either (a) the Scientific worldview or (b) Postmodernism has negative effects on religiosity as these streams of thought are actually transmitted at the college level. The results show a decline in religiosity of students majoring in the social sciences and humanities, but a rise in religiosity for those in education and business. After initial choices, those respondents with high levels of religiosity are more likely to enter college. Of those who are in college, people with high levels of religiosity tend to go into the humanities and education over other majors. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Religion; Ideology; Young Adults; Adolescents; Mothers; Family (Sociological Unit); Beliefs

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This article examines how religion shapes family ideologies in young adulthood. Using the 31-year Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children (N = 909), we find relationships between mother's religious characteristics when her child was born and the child's own family ideologies in young adulthood. Further, multiple dimensions of young adults' religious identities are independently related to their family ideologies, suggesting unique influences of both religious service attendance and the importance of religion. Our results vary across time and family ideologies in interesting patterns, but relationships between religion and attitudes are remarkably consistent. From early in life, mothers' and children's religious characteristics shape family ideologies in ways likely to help explain relationships found between religion and family behaviors. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Marriage; Young Adults; Unions; Student Attitudes

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Data from the Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children are used to identify the influences of adult union transitions on changes in attitudes toward cohabitation among a sample of 794 young adults. The analysis examines the extent to which attitudes about cohabitation change as a result of entry into and exit from cohabitation and marriage. A dynamic interpretation of union transitions is formulated, and results demonstrate that entry into a first cohabitation and divorce after direct entry into marriage are associated with increasingly positive attitudes toward cohabitation between the ages of 18 and 31. Some evidence suggests that direct entry into stable marriage leads young adults to view cohabitation less favorably. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Affective Behavior; Cohabitation; Dating (Social); Interaction Process Analysis; Marital Status; Marriage; Mate Selection; Psychological Patterns; Young Adults

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The goal of this study was to track and compare the paths along which young adults arrange and time the entries and exits from marital and cohabiting unions. The focus was on the incidence, durations, and outcomes of dimensions that embrace residential separation. Results show that union trajectories are dynamic and involve a heterogeneous and multidimensional array of transitions. (Contains 30 references and 4 tables.) (BF) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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Adult Children; Attitude Measures; Expectation; Financial Support; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Young Adults

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Examines expectations of very young adults (age 18) and their mothers about financial support that parents might provide under a variety of situations. Results indicate a lower proportion of mothers expect to provide support than their children expect, with particularly large gaps between mothers and sons. Findings suggest disagreement and confusion about family values. (BF)

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Child Development; Elementary Secondary Education; Family Environment; Family Influence; Family Relationship; Individual Development; Parent Child Relationship; Self Esteem

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Introduces the concept of family integration to describe how family social organization affects individuals. Hypothesizes that well-integrated parents benefit children's self-concept formation. Tests three mechanisms of parental family integration, and shows that integration early in life has positive effects on children's self-esteem in early adulthood. (DSK)

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Cohabitation; Marriage; Place of Residence; Young Adults

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Examined living arrangements in early adulthood using event history data from people aged 23 in 1985. Results showed great heterogeneity in pathways out of parental home. Young adults fanned out in all directions, with many experiencing marriage, cohabitation, group quarters, living with housemates, and living alone. (Author/NB)

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Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Dating (Social); Sexuality; Social Development

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Examined sexuality of 18-year-old adolescents (n=916) within context of life-course developmental model. Found adolescents who began dating early and developed steady relations early were more likely to be sexually experienced, to have had sexual relations with more partners, to have been more sexually active during late teenage years, and to have had more permissive sexual attitudes. (Author/PVV)

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Adolescents; Aspiration; Consumer Economics; Economic Research; Family Influence; Interviews; Multiple Regression Analysis; Purchasing

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Examines the determinants of the consumption aspirations of adolescents, with a major emphasis on the influence of the family. Finds that the ability of adolescents to purchase substantial consumer durable goods with their own earnings while being supported in the parental household may lead to unrealistic future consumption goals. (FMW)

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Attitude Change; Behavior Standards; Child Rearing; Childlessness; Family Attitudes; Family Life; Marriage; Moral Values; Sex Role; Social Values; Trend Analysis

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Examined United States survey data from the 1950s through the 1980s for changes in family life norms and values. Found in 1960s and 1970s data a weakening of imperative to marry and remain married, stay monogamous, have children, and maintain gender role separation. Observed flattening of trends during early 1980s. Links family life trends to broader social trends. (Author/CM)

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